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> what made it Smalltalk's git Nothing obvious. What made it more than "Smalltalk's CVS" was fine-grained method-level control of versions and configs.
by igouy 9y ago
> what made it Smalltalk's git
Nothing obvious. What made it more than "Smalltalk's CVS" was fine-grained method-level control of versions and configs.
- eesmith 9y agoAnd why not ClearCase, or DSEE before it? Ah, I think I understand it. I think it comes from a belief that most people treat "git" as a synecdoche or even the entirety of version control systems. The quote here uses "git" in two ways: 1) "ENVY was Smalltalk's Git" meaning "ENVY was Smalltalk's version control system", and 2) "anyone heard of Git" meaning "anyone heard of the Git system, started by Torvalds." If so, I think it does a disservice as it reinforces that wrong belief, and is confusing for those who know of other VCSes.